GarageGames.com Site Update - Feb 25th 2009
by Jacob Fike · 02/25/2009 (12:02 pm) · 21 comments
Well, it's a little later than expected, but here it is! Only a few changes, but they are pretty important.
Please continue to give us feedback.
The goodies:
- Search overhaul: The search is much faster and less error prone. All forums, blogs, and resources are indexed as they are added or updated.
- Forum sub-tags: Forums can now have sub-forum-like tags that threads can belong to. These are actually tags, so a thread can belong to multiple sub-tags.
- Torque Owner label: When it says Torque Owner next to a person's name, you can mouseover it for a list of the engines they own
- Email Receipts: Successful transactions now send an email receipt
Please continue to give us feedback.
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#3
02/25/2009 (1:03 pm)
Search seems to be working better, but still need some products added to locations (like iTGB and iTGE etc) to properly allow advanced searching in forums. 
#4
My one complaint is that the results page starts with a ton of "search options" that i have to scroll thru to get to what i'm looking for... my results. I suggest you hide most of all that junk... either on another page or under some dynamic expander area... just give me the results i was looking for.
02/25/2009 (1:14 pm)
Search is much improved... i can actually get results back and it seems not to be missing stuff.My one complaint is that the results page starts with a ton of "search options" that i have to scroll thru to get to what i'm looking for... my results. I suggest you hide most of all that junk... either on another page or under some dynamic expander area... just give me the results i was looking for.
#5
02/25/2009 (1:32 pm)
awesome improvement in the search department. nice work guys! 
#6
Will (or does) search index TDN?
02/25/2009 (1:44 pm)
After spending a frustrating hour trying to find something I KNEW was in the forums this weekend, the new search is GREATLY appreciated.Will (or does) search index TDN?
#8
02/25/2009 (1:57 pm)
great work guys - liking the new mouse hover over the Torque Owner label
#9
@William
No, the search does not index TDN.
02/25/2009 (2:04 pm)
Did another quick update to fix the forum list on the advanced search form (so that it includes ALL forums). Also made the form collapsed when showing results.@William
No, the search does not index TDN.
#10
02/25/2009 (3:16 pm)
I just added a bunch of categories to the artist corner to better organize things. Also added Bug Submission categories to each of the private engine forums for people to use. 
#11
02/25/2009 (3:33 pm)
Just seeing the search get some love makes me overjoyed! 
#13
02/25/2009 (4:58 pm)
Great job guys. Now, if we can have a link back when looking at unread forums would be nice. It sucks to click the link for unread threads and after posting, click forums-->unread posts again and again. 
#14
02/25/2009 (5:04 pm)
Loving the engine mouseover and search improvement :) 
#15
02/25/2009 (6:11 pm)
Nice work guys 
#16
02/25/2009 (8:09 pm)
Love it, guys! Keep up the good work! 
#17
02/25/2009 (8:13 pm)
I'm so used to fighting the old search that I honestly don't know what to do with myself... This is aces =)
#18
http://www.garagegames.com/company/about
This leads to a 401 Not found. However I was surprised that it gave suggestions to what you might try in case you typed the URL in wrong. While I don't like to see errors of this sort for links, I like the fact that the site doesn't throw up a White Flag and surrender unlike most websites.
02/25/2009 (9:50 pm)
All jokes aside, good work. I'm very happy with the way the website works now. One thing I did notice is that on the front page at the bottom and under the heading Company there is a link called About Ushttp://www.garagegames.com/company/about
This leads to a 401 Not found. However I was surprised that it gave suggestions to what you might try in case you typed the URL in wrong. While I don't like to see errors of this sort for links, I like the fact that the site doesn't throw up a White Flag and surrender unlike most websites.
#19
02/26/2009 (12:39 am)
I can finally search for my name and find all my old posts! 
#20
02/26/2009 (8:17 am)
much better and the date range is nice, but can you add the ability to sort by the date? 
Torque Owner Mark Schmidt
One thing I would like you to consider (it may already be there for all I know) is a "Back to search results" link. When I click back, I get an error, have to hit Refresh and then hit Send on the submit form data again? dialog box.